Lord Byron Quotes

Romances I ne’er read like those I have seen.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.

A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.

I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.

Women hate everything which strips off the tinsel of sentiment, and they are right, or it would rob them of their weapons.

I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.

What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must travel, and turmoil, or there is no existence.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.

Though sages may pour out their wisdom’s treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.